Gents,

Newb request for advice....can you school me on loading a bipod? Forward pressure? Backwards pressure? Using the shoulder to push or using the support hand?

Thanks for your time..

If your in soft dirt/ground, dig bipod feet into soil and push rifle forward. Idea is for set up of body to natuarlly apply the forward bipod pressure. Dont use muscle to do so.

Here's Lowlight from snipershide explaining "loading of bipods" on concrete:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjG1JZxiui0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Teletiger7 wrote:Here's Lowlight from snipershide explaining "loading of bipods" on concrete:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjG1JZxiui0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

+1

Lowlight's video is really great. The only difference is that he's using an Atlas bipod which allows you to 'load' the bipod a lot easier than a Harris. If the legs are sliding with the Harris, your using too much pressure.

Harris bipods are generally pretty difficult to load.

http://www.6mmbr.com/TacticalFroggyA1.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Thanks for all the replies and links, guys....it really helped alot and I think I got it....

I did have another question that I'll ask here rather than opening up another thread:

Those instructional videos that were linked has the rifle and shooter lined up straight to the target, and I can understand the reasoning for that. But since I must have a goofy body type, doing so doesn't equate to an NPA. Which has priority?

Thanks again...

Waldo wrote:Thanks for all the replies and links, guys....it really helped alot and I think I got it....

I did have another question that I'll ask here rather than opening up another thread:

Those instructional videos that were linked has the rifle and shooter lined up straight to the target, and I can understand the reasoning for that. But since I must have a goofy body type, doing so doesn't equate to an NPA. Which has priority?

Thanks again...

I think its something your body gets used to.. the first few times i layed prone like that for a full shooting day i was sore as hell the next day. It doesn't bother me at all anymore and it just feels natural now.

I would say that if you are so uncomfortable that its going to put a damper on your shooting abilities though you should make yourself a little more comfortable. Do lots of dry fire in your living room straight behind the rifle for practice. Remember to keep your feet flat as can be as well. That is tough at first too but you get used to it and it makes a HUGE difference in how steady you can get. It always kills me to see all the guys on the line that have their toes straight down.

I was really sore after last weeks match. I was shooting Saturday and Sunday...Positioning definately has alot to do with how comfortable your are and if your are not comfortable, you will miss shots...Practice makes perfect...You can be like Randall and set up in your front yard and dry fire....though I cannot imagine in this anti-gun state Randall has never gotten a visit from the PoPo

Gnzrme wrote:I was really sore after last weeks match. I was shooting Saturday and Sunday...Positioning definately has alot to do with how comfortable your are and if your are not comfortable, you will miss shots...Practice makes perfect...You can be like Randall and set up in your front yard and dry fire....though I cannot imagine in this anti-gun state Randall has never gotten a visit from the PoPo

I've gotten a bunch of visits from the police.
They are always bringing me guns to work on though.
I have a couple that are regular customers...

Harris is no harder to load than most bipods. No bipod loads well on cement or when shooting down angle off a roof. One trick for these conditions is to take mat and sew a strap several places across the front of it. That way you can put bipod behind and load it up even on bad ground.

tacticalintervention wrote:Harris is no harder to load than most bipods. No bipod loads well on cement or when shooting down angle off a roof. One trick for these conditions is to take mat and sew a strap several places across the front of it. That way you can put bipod behind and load it up even on bad ground.

Not all of us have your sewing skills...

Thanks for the help and info, guys...

I guess I'll have to take up sewing along with my reloading hobby

AR15barrels wrote:
I've gotten a bunch of visits from the police.
They are always bringing me guns to work on though.
I have a couple that are regular customers...

So the police have never been there on a MWAG call?

Gnzrme wrote:So the police have never been there on a MWAG call?

No.

ColdSteel wrote:
Not because of guns...
Because of brakestands in the street and a nasty evil Small Block Chevy motor with a beastly bumpstick for a cam.

We did get a visit for doing burnouts with open headers on the front lawn with the rear of the car tied to a tree.
We were trying to stretch out the derby car after it had been packed up tight in a derby...

AR15barrels wrote:
We did get a visit for doing burnouts with open headers on the front lawn with the rear of the car tied to a tree.
We were trying to stretch out the derby car after it had been packed up tight in a derby...

Please tell me there is video of that.

Connor P Price wrote: Please tell me there is video of that.

that would defiantly be video worthy!!

No video.
I was too busy jumping up and down in the trunk (to aid traction) to deal with a camera.

I can still show you some rubber left on my sidewalk from those burnouts.
We must have been doing it for half an hour before the cops showed up.

They just had this awesome grin and told us that the neighbors called due to the noise and that we should shut it down for the day.